Fire ants have inflicted pain upon me too many times. When I see them, I run for my life. An article in our town newspaper renewed my hope of a better world with fewer fire ants. Researchers from the University of Texas and Texas A & M, bless their hearts, are bringing tiny South American…
Category: Personal
The Plague
August 11, 2006, the evening started out nicely. My husband, son and I had received tickets to a Texas Rangers’ baseball game. We enjoyed a Rangers’ win while devouring funnel cakes. It was late when we returned home, and instead of walking a few more steps into our bedroom, my husband and I fell asleep…
My Revelation Of The Fire Ant
I first learned of the fire ant in the pamphlet accompanying the water bill. Days later, I received a visit from a bug guy who wanted to spray our home and yard for every type of imaginable creature. I vividly remember him asking if I had seen fire ants in the yard to which I…
Age Is Just A Number
My mother says age is just a number. The older I get, the more I agree with her. When I was a young girl, I looked forward to becoming 13, then 16, then 21. After that, the wishing game ended. As a teen, there were times I wasn’t taken seriously. “You’re too young,” I was…
Life and Death
I have always been a deep thinker, possibly too serious at times. One of my earliest memories is attending a funeral with my Granny. I am unsure of my age but I was quite young. I have no idea who had died. My Granny and I discussed my “funeral memory” years afterward, trying to figure…
Going Gray
“Gray hair is a crown of glory…“ Proverbs 16:31 (NLT) I struggled with this verse for many years. My thoughts about gray hair were, “Gray hair makes me feel old and I am hiding it the best I can.” But things have changed and so have I. I found my first white hair when I…
Ironing
I wonder if ironing is becoming a thing of the past. I’ve heard many people say they do not iron. Me? I continue to iron. I don’t iron as much as I used to, but I cannot fathom wearing certain articles of clothing without ironing them. A friend who has been married over twenty years…
You Never Know Where It’s Been
Solomon, my Golden Retriever, was chewing. Not a good sign. He should only be chewing twice daily while standing in front of his food bowl or when receiving a treat for an act of obedience, a trick, or a bribe. It was none of these occasions so it was time for investigating. I don’t know…
I Can’t Believe I Said That
Most of my embarrassing moments have come from saying something without thinking. Worse yet, sometimes I actually did think before speaking the words I lived to regret. One such moment occurred when I was a teen. I grew up in a small town and worked in a drugstore. One Christmas season I was wrapping a…
My Story
My grandmother took me to a funeral when I was very young. This was my first introduction to death, and I could not get away from the haunting question in my mind, “Why do we live, only to die?” A depression settled over me that I couldn’t shake. When I was approximately six years old…